Argentine ex-leader Kirchner recovering in hospital after angioplasty, stent

Argentine ex-leader Kirchner OK after angioplasty

Argentine doctors looking for orange-size lump find 56-pound tumor in woman’s uterus

Doctors look for orange-size lump, find 56-pounder

Rock star Gustavo Cerati, recovering from stroke in Venezuela, arrives home in Argentina

Rock star Cerati flown home to Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati, who had been hospitalized for more than three weeks in Venezuela after suffering a stroke, was flown home Monday aboard a specially equipped plane.

Argentine ex-President Kirchner leaves hospital, says he feels ‘100 percent’ after operation

Argentina’s Kirchner leaves hospital after surgery

Doctors say Argentine ex-President Nestor Kirchner leaves ICU, recovery still going smoothly

Argentina’s Kirchner leaves ICU after surgery

Doctor says ex-Argentine president Kirchner recovering well from emergency surgery on artery

Doctor: Kirchner recovers well from artery surgery

Doctors say Argentina’s ex-President Kirchner emerges OK from emergency carotid artery surgery

Drs.: Argentine ex-leader OK after rush surgery

Argentina’s ex-President Kirchner emerges OK from emergency artery surgery, ministers say

Argentine ex-leader said OK after rush surgery

Argentina’s ex-President Nestor Kirchner undergoes emergency surgery on carotid artery

Argentine ex-leader in emergency carotid surgery

Singer Sandro, the ‘Argentine Elvis,” dies at 64; first Latin to sing at Madison Square Garden

Singer Sandro, the ‘Argentine Elvis,’ dies at 64

Argentine balladeer Sandro dies at 64; first Latin to sing at Madison Square Garden

Argentine singer Sandro dies at 64

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Doctors say Argentine singer Sandro, famous across Latin America for his romantic ballads and rock and pop tunes, has died of complications from heart and lung transplant surgery. He was 64.

Argentines are Latin America’s biggest smokers

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina tops the list of countries that smoke the most in Latin America, consuming 1,014 cigarettes annually for every inhabitant over age 15, media reports said Sunday, citing a World Lung Foundation study.

Argentine model dies after cosmetic surgery

BUENOS AIRES - Model Solange Magnano, a former Miss Argentina, died of a pulmonary embolism after undergoing cosmetic surgery in Buenos Aires, a media report said.

Former Miss Argentina, 38, dies from complications from cosmetic surgery

Ex-Miss Argentina dies after cosmetic surgery

Laugh your way to good health

BUENOS AIRES - Some 400 clowns and doctors skilled at clowning took part in an international conference in Buenos Aires to present scientific evidence, backed by their own experience, to show why laughter was healthy.

Argentina recalls 40,000 IUDs, potentially contaminated with bacteria from poor packaging

Argentina recalls 40,000 IUDs, may be contaminated

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s government is recalling 40,000 IUDs after discovering some of the birth control devices contaminated with bacteria.

Argentina says swine flu ebbing

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina is experiencing “a decreasing tendency” in swine flu cases though the toll has risen to 514, the official Telam news agency has reported.